Sailing Day 1

September 3:  A busy day getting possession of the sailing yacht - Debs II.  Each person had a role.  Betsy was part of the shopping team and spent a couple hours at the store finding the items on the grocery list.  The team filled 5 carts (check-out and bundling took an hour itself).  Betsy charged a portion of the food purchase at 117 euros.  First thing, after breakfast, we carried all our luggage to reception for the taxi pickup.  Varis went with the luggage to the Moorings Marina Base and sat with it for rest of the morning.  Betsy walked to the store (AB Supermarket).  I joined Ron to sweep the villa, walked to the marina base and received the boat technical briefing.  The briefing took about an hour and half and covered the operation of the various systems on the ship - electrical, toilets (head), engine, instruments, radios, sails, dinghy and motor, windlass (anchor), and others.  

The next task was to inventory the ship's furnishings, dishes, and safety items.  We selected berths (Betsy and I got the aft, port cabin).  We then waited for the grocery delivery which finally occurred at 2:45 pm.  We quickly schelped and stowed the groceries.  We got quickly underway and motored about 12 nautical miles (nm) south to the little village of Petrita.  We anchored in the bay - it took 2 tries to get the right amount of anchor chain out and set securely.  

We had a quick swim and after two shuttles trips in the dinghy had dinner at the Limecello Taverna which was right on the waterfront with its own dock.  We both had fish - red mullet for Betsy and grilled swordfish for me.  It was well after dark when we putted back to the yacht, with Jan holding out a flashlight for guidance, enjoying the yacht lights around us and the stars up above.  After getting back we arranged our clothes in our little cabin - a bit tight but everything got stowed.